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Subscribing for eventual Scout II goodness, and a side of 280ZX pain along the way. My wife had a '79 280ZX for a few years, which then went to my brother for a few years more; I quickly grew to loathe the following parts: *Everything inside of the distributor *Everything in the fuel system (SO MANY POSSIBLE LEAKS) *That loving fan clutch
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May 14, 2012 22:04
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That looks like the exact same kit my brother and dad put in for the seats on the '79. Really came out nicely compared to the sun-beaten original seats. FWIW, I also did the alternator twice on that car, and it had the master cylinder fail twice (once when my wife's mom took it to a shop, and then again two days before someone came to pick it up when we sold it). Alternator was easy, at least.
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May 15, 2012 04:38
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CatBus posted:fuel woes I hope yours ends up treating you better than ours did; at least half of the problems that car ever had were fueling related. If I'd kept it I probably would've ripped everything out other than the tank itself and plumbing in a brand new system and Megasquirting it.
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Jul 19, 2012 21:22
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Now you are learning one of the reasons I wanted to do a MSnS on the 280ZX. Obnoxiously the modules are painfully specific (i.e. I think almost all of them are one or two year only parts) and I never found one that wasn't poo poo. My dad and brother ended up getting a whole new distributor for it at one point. The Scouts look good, though!
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Jul 30, 2012 08:12
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What about liner + strategically placed rubber floormats where appropriate, at least to help with the heat issue?
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Oct 19, 2012 13:43
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That's one productive-as-hell update. Good work, man.
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Apr 3, 2013 21:53
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CatBus posted:Sadly, fuel continually sloshed out past the gas cap on both days, and stained my paint Even on an older car this is something that shouldn't happen if everything is right - how old is the fuel cap? The only times I ever have encountered this on my GMC were either if I got the cap on crooked, or when the rubber seal on the original cap finally aged a little too much.
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Jul 2, 2013 21:26
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I may just jamp a rag in there or something to keep that from happening.
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You'd be amazed  All the same it's good to see progress!
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Jul 2, 2013 21:32
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Anti-archival bump. That's the fun thing about older cars - even if you're the one doing the work, trying to keep track of "okay, now my brakes are from a '71, but this part is from a '77, and this one is from a 1980s model" is hard enough.
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Dec 3, 2013 22:10
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I've got nothing for you on the ignition side, I just want to say that those under car videos are cool.
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Jun 10, 2014 14:43
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How loud is the rattle? My NB Miata rattled at idle in neutral with the clutch out, and it went until ~120k before the throwout bearing finally died of presumably unrelated causes.
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Nov 5, 2014 16:45
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